DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/29 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.0 - - 71.3 - - 64.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 9 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1322 - - 1715 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 921 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2211 - - 2604 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1196 - - 1525 - - 139 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 209 - - 139 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 203 - - 194 - - 154 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1125 - - -1589 - - -1084 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3337 - - 4193 - - 2021 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5714 - - -7069 - - -6206 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7925 - - 9673 - - 7143 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 75 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.0 - - 71.3 - - 64.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.5 - - 56.1 - - 58.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.4 - - 71.5 - - 67.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.2 - - 54.8 - - 57.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 9 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1322 - - 1715 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 12 - - 0 - - 1 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 11 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 97804 12 267 22 256 21 286 97804 90609 15 255 17 259 19 279 90609 85023 10 240 11 255 15 266 85023 80355 5 223 7 276 8 257 80355 76332 3 191 4 301 3 252 76332 72789 2 161 2 267 2 158 72789 69588 4 320 4 315 4 032 69588 66640 8 297 6 305 10 344 66640 63909 8 293 9 299 12 326 63909 61265 12 283 11 288 12 300 61265 58502 16 270 17 282 19 294 58502 55639 20 280 23 279 26 289 55639 52912 24 282 30 275 29 280 52912 50454 25 283 30 269 37 283 50454 48253 34 296 40 284 43 277 48253 46268 48 297 49 287 35 289 46268 44448 53 294 47 292 50 298 44448 42768 50 289 52 298 63 295 42768 41211 44 290 61 294 74 287 41211 39751 57 302 67 290 72 284 39751 38370 65 299 62 291 55 287 38370 37027 58 298 52 284 47 269 37027 35657 39 296 46 282 43 268 35657 34229 29 294 32 284 40 268 34229 32745 29 289 34 276 38 267 32745 31190 30 287 32 280 36 264 31190 29554 32 287 30 289 32 263 29554 27837 32 286 25 292 32 249 27837 26041 27 273 24 279 31 236 26041 24167 20 259 28 268 29 247 24167 22222 18 250 25 263 31 263 22222 20198 16 249 22 261 30 268 20198 18089 16 251 22 248 27 270 18089 15943 18 237 21 240 23 265 15943 13881 17 228 21 231 22 250 13881 12016 15 220 19 227 18 234 12016 10363 14 215 19 223 19 221 10363 8896 13 213 18 220 17 224 8896 7594 12 213 18 217 16 235 7594 6440 13 214 17 220 18 238 6440 5421 14 216 16 224 20 226 5421 4526 14 218 14 228 20 209 4526 3736 14 219 14 219 21 199 3736 3029 12 218 13*211 20 193 3029 2402 11*214 10*198 19 187 2402 1879 8*205 9 195 17 181 1879 1477 8 203 8 194 15 174 1477 1201 7 202 8 193 13 167 1201 1033 7 201 7 192 10 162 1033 937 6 201 6 191 5*154 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography